Chapter 221

To be honest, Collinwood's hornet took the initiative to return without waiting for Lorraine to clean the cable.

This shows that the battle of the fifth channel has also had results.

The unlucky French were defeated by the day.

When the storm began, the fortress, which was relatively behind, was lucky to be in a relatively wide transit belt, so it could turn around in time and escape from the sky.

The pioneer in front was completely trapped in a narrow channel and had no way out. It could only be swept by the storm, struggling in the complex sea area full of reefs, and finally did not escape the end of hitting the reef and sinking.

Therefore, in terms of time, the end of the fifth channel war cannot be later than Lorraine's main battlefield.

Thinking of this, Lorraine glanced strangely at Collinwood: "finished early but didn't come to me to help... Major, did you save people?"

Collinwood naturally nodded: "the side of the Andes can't stop the third ship. I should do my best to save the believers of God rather than being helpless next to you."

"Save the enemy regardless of victory..." although clearly aware that this is based on the self-confidence of the dock battle and the restrictions of the employment regulations, Lorraine is still a little speechless, "how much have you saved?"

"133 people."

"So much?"

"So a little risk is worth it."

"Maybe."

The conversation between the two stopped abruptly.

It is difficult to say whether Collinwood's choice deviates from the fundamental, because the full number of sailors of a brig type is 180. Under the dual disasters of rainstorm and hitting rocks, the most optimistic rescue rate will not exceed 20%, which means 36 survivors.

As a result, Colin wood saved 97.

Seventy percent of the sailors on a ship become prisoners, so there must be no problem in calculating the results of the sinking pioneer as the hornet.

This means that Collingwood gained fame, kindness and real achievements through this adventure.

If Lorraine is defeated in the main battle field, of course, all this is a trick without doubt, but the strength of Drake's crew is obvious in the Halloween fleet. This time, there is a rainstorm bonus, and the reason for adventure seems to be established.

Egoism in the big picture?

Lorraine looked at Collinwood and smiled indifferently. Suddenly, he thought that since the war in the fifth channel had ended, has the first channel with a similar situation been divided?

……

sundowners.

In the distance, only a few pillars of smoke remained in the clear sky, the post-war Bay became calm, and the treated fleet sailed to the final fog.

The golden deer has lost its combat capability.

A sinkhole was left on the bow of the ship. In order to quickly solve the totem, the hull on both sides was also scarred. In addition to the storm and the rude impact on the side, the strong ship didn't fall apart, but niord was protecting Lorraine.

He temporarily changed his flagship to the newly captured Andes. The golden deer became a captive ship, commanded by acharin with more than 100 sailors and dragged by the lucky horseshoe and the wasp.

The lucky totem was dragged along. The French carried out a beautiful self rescue, broke the fallen mast in time, cleaned the deck, leaving only a bare floating island, carried through the storm without losing too many hands until they surrendered.

They sailed together to the first channel.

More than 20 kilometers away, Lorraine stood on the yard of the main mast and saw the upper pillar of smoke for the first time.

It was not the pure white smoke of the artillery during the battle, but the thick black smoke after the fire was put out.

After a while, the battlefield spread out in front of Lorraine.

Nelson's badger was miserable. Half of the poop was missing, the foremast was missing, and there were three huge holes on the starboard side facing Lorraine, as if it were only an instant from sinking.

But beside her was the relatively complete Jupiter.

Although there are traces of war on the hull, the whole ship is still in good condition.

The most important thing is that the meter flag representing Britain is fluttering on the top of the main mast of the Jupiter.

Won?

And it seems to be a perfect landing victory. How did you do it?

With doubt, the two sides joined.

Lorraine saw Nelson on Jupiter's deck.

There is blood in the eyes, which is the result of not sleeping all night. The military uniform was full of blood, which was the reason why the right shoulder was cut.

Nelson's description is embarrassed, with a bloodless face and messy hair, but he is in a good mental state and moves around.

"I'm relieved to see that you're still in good spirits, sir." Lorraine greeted with a smile.

Nelson's victory over Lorraine did not show any surprise, but smiled: "rest assured what?"

"Of course it's the reward you promised me." Lorraine stamped his foot on the deck. "Pierce, from now on, you're the temporary captain of the Jupiter."

Little pierce smiled with a long gun.

Nelson rolled his eyes: "I thought you had a rich harvest and would kindly leave this ship to me. After all, you can see that the badger is worse than your golden deer..."

"It's no problem lending it to you." Lorraine waved his hand. "Until you return to Kingston, you can write an IOU or take little pierce as your captain."

"A minor captain?"

"Mercenaries, good and bad are intermingled, which makes it difficult for you to win."

"The merchant's argument is really disgusting."

"Thank you for your compliment." Lorraine bowed with exaggeration. "Sir, I'm curious how you fought the war like this. Generally speaking, the badger should not be able to meet the side."

"A little accident..." Nelson scratched his nose awkwardly with his only intact hand.

It was a little accident.

When the rainstorm came, Jupiter had been close to less than 200 meters from the channel mouth, but it was difficult to get rid of the risk of hitting the reef if you wanted to go further.

Because Nelson stubbornly blocked the badger at the channel gate.

Sinking the badger was easy for the Jupiter, but even if it sank, it might take enough time for the Jupiter to hit the reef three times when the badger sank to a depth sufficient for passage.

Therefore, Nelson proposed to connect the side, give way to the channel mouth and let the Jupiter open. Correspondingly, Jupiter could not fire in the process, but could only let the badger, which was paralyzed by the wind, connect the side like a fool.

As a result

Lorraine looked at Nelson inexplicably: "are you not afraid of the other party's repentance?"

"The initiative is in my hands," Nelson smiled confidently. "They don't have a third choice to die together or fight last."

"You sound like a grumpy scoundrel."

"I firmly believe that you will bring me victory. In that case, I have an obligation to prepare for the reward."

"You are the craziest and most trustworthy employer I have ever met."

"Each other."

The last fog of the battle at Le Rober Bay was swept away in front of Lorraine.

The British won a complete victory, destroyed the town of Le Rober, and almost wiped out the French Atlantic Defense Fleet.

The last link left in the Halloween operation is to cooperate with leside company who was thrown on the land earlier, high-profile destroy the naval base of the Defense Fleet in Le Francois, deter the French new world fleet, and thus affect the balance of the battle of the Windward Islands.

Victory is a certainty.

Traveling on the calm sea of the Atlantic Ocean, Lorraine and Nelson enjoyed the beautiful sunset side by side.

"John Rashid, have you heard from the captain?"

"According to my previous agreement with him, I will meet him in the hills 130 kilometers north of Le Francois on the 23rd. He will raise the white flag of France at the top of the mountain where he meets. Until then, I shouldn't and won't inquire about his whereabouts."

"But I heard the prisoners say that latrinite broke out a large-scale slave resistance, like his pen?"

"A reinforced company trying to get through half Martinique is like a fool's dream, so I wouldn't be surprised if he incited slaves to resist."

"The key is what he is going to do with the slaves." Lorraine bit his lips. "Bringing these unstable factors back to the British colonies will bring us trouble."

"That's his business," Nelson shrugged. "I believe he won't offend all the manors for the so-called justice. For us, we only need to consider the war."

"Ten days left?"

"If you count the meeting time, there are only 8 days left."

"8 God... Replenishing sailors, besieging Le Francois and cooperating with Rashid's plan still seem to have a long way to go."

Nelson nodded: "there is no shortage of accidents in the world. Even all possible bad things are bound to happen in the end. Please start and finish well, my friend, for you, for me and for England."

"For England...?"

[Volume 3, wind blowing to the new world... End]